[COMPLETE] Christmas Carol Collection 2011 - rg

Libertyness · Post by **Libertyness** » December 14th, 2011, 7:30 pm

For MW purposes, evha and horsaholic have happily both contributed their voices to The 12 Days of Christmas Project.

Anyone else visiting this thread at the last minute is welcome to join, assuming I get your file in time for me to assemble it.

To that end, I'll repost my initial message:

I'd like to include as many people as possible, having everyone sing the 12th verse, plus one other day/verse if you're so inclined. unless you want to sing it in it's entirety, that's fine too.

I'll splice it all together when I have submissions. I've recorded the song in it's entirety on the piano, and have labeled each verse so it's easy to find. The accompaniment and melody are also in separate tracks if you need help learning the tune. I've uploaded that audacity file to mediafire here if you'd like to use that as a guide track. The melody and lyrics for this song can be found at HathiTrust, here.

Or, for those who want to keep it simple, you can use the mp3 here, slap on some headphones and just follow along:

(0:00)The first day of Christmas my mother sent to me/ A par-te-ridge in a pear tree
(0:13)The second day ... Two turtle doves...
(0:29)The third day ... Three French hens...
(0:48) The fourth day ... Four canary birds..
(1:10) The fifth day ... Five gold rings...
(1:34) The sixth day ... Six geese a-laying...
(2:00) The seventh day ... Seven swans a-swimming...
(2:29) The eighth day ... Eight ladies dancing...
(3:00) The ninth day ... Nine lords a-leaping...
(3:34) The tenth day ... Ten ships a-sailing...
(4:10) The eleventh day ... Eleven ladies spinning...
(4:49) The twelfth day ... Twelve bells ringing...

Your submissions should go to the folder for the rest of the carols, uploaded to rg - RuthieG with the filename 12days_rimbault_yourinitials

Thanks!

Liberty

CatDuet · Post by **CatDuet** » December 14th, 2011, 9:07 pm

I uploaded Gesu Bambino of mine to
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/gesubambino_yon_skh.mp3

I have other carols I could submit, but perhaps we are out of time considering the deadline. I arrange the accompaniments myself and sing the songs as well. Let me know what else I might need to do.
I'm CatDuet for my username.

Here is the info for the song:

• Link to the text (and music) source
text: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gesu_Bambino
MIDI: http://ingeb.org/spiritua/gesubamb.mid
* Author's/translator's (and composer's) name, birth and death dates **
• Pietro a Yon 1886–1943);
• Frederick H. Martens 1874–1932)
* Title of the carol Gesu Bambino
* Duration (runtime) of the file in mm:ss ** 04:40
* and if this is your first recording: how you would like to be listed in the LibriVox catalogue: Susan K Hawthorne
• We can also link to a personal web site/blog: www.susansfreechristianmusic.com

Thanks!

paulvbrown · Post by **paulvbrown** » December 15th, 2011, 12:54 am

EglantinaOwl wrote:
paulvbrown wrote:"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
Absolutely fine, Paul.
Ruth

This is just about done now, but it's not in the magic window yet... I think it needs to be before I can upload it? Maybe not.

[EDIT]: Ah - never mind...

http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/it_came_upon_the_midnight_clear.htm

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/itcameuponthemidnightclear_sears_pb.mp3

LYRICS: Edmund Sears composed the five-stanza poem in 1849. Edmund Hamilton Sears (April 6, 1810 – January 14, 1876)
MELODY: In 1850, Richard Storrs Willis wrote the melody called "Carol." Richard Storrs Willis (February 10, 1819 – May 10, 1900)
"It Came Upon The Midnight Clear"

Running time: 3:55

Let me know if you think I should go back in and e.g. edit out breaths... I'm sort of of two minds about them...

paulvbrown · Post by **paulvbrown** » December 15th, 2011, 2:30 am

Libertyness wrote:Anyone else visiting this thread at the last minute is welcome to join, assuming I get your file in time for me to assemble it.

Alright - here's one. I went ahead and did all verses, use/abuse/disuse whatever you want. I assumed this did *not* need any introductory or trailing speech, so I didn't record any.

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/12days_ribault_pb.mp3

Looking forward to hearing how you're going to put it together!

Libertyness · Post by **Libertyness** » December 15th, 2011, 9:35 am

paulvbrown wrote: Alright - here's one. I went ahead and did all verses, use/abuse/disuse whatever you want. I assumed this did *not* need any introductory or trailing speech, so I didn't record any.

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/12days_ribault_pb.mp3

Looking forward to hearing how you're going to put it together!

Fabulous! Thanks so much Paul, it sounds great!

I should get it all hobbled together tonight after work and have it posted before midnight (my time). Hope that's okay with your deadline, Ruth.

Liberty

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » December 15th, 2011, 9:45 am

MarketaFei wrote:I really want to do some slovak christmas carols, but can't find any PD sheet music for them (or any sheet music for that matter). Top choices would be Do Mesta Betleme and Ticha Noc, but Búvaj Dieťa krásne could also be fun. If anybody knows where I could get some, I'd love help!

And I'd love to help you too, but I have no clue where to start looking, I'm afraid.

Ruth

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » December 15th, 2011, 9:46 am

Libertyness wrote:
paulvbrown wrote: Alright - here's one. I went ahead and did all verses, use/abuse/disuse whatever you want. I assumed this did *not* need any introductory or trailing speech, so I didn't record any.

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/12days_ribault_pb.mp3

Looking forward to hearing how you're going to put it together!
Fabulous! Thanks so much Paul, it sounds great! I should get it all hobbled together tonight after work and have it posted before midnight (my time). Hope that's okay with your deadline, Ruth.

Liberty

Liberty, don't rush. There is no way I shall get this catalogued tomorrow, so you are OK until midnight your time +24 hours.

Ruth

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » December 15th, 2011, 9:59 am

CatDuet wrote:MIDI: http://ingeb.org/spiritua/gesubamb.mid

Catduet, I am really sorry but we can't use that midi file in a recording, because it is not in the Public Domain. The site owner states:

Unless specifically marked otherwise, all content of this site may be freely copied and/or re-posted Provided that no content of this site is used for commercial purposes.

Ruth

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » December 15th, 2011, 10:05 am

Thank you, Paul. I will take a listen.

Ruth

aravis · Post by **aravis** » December 15th, 2011, 1:15 pm

Downloading!

aravis · Post by **aravis** » December 15th, 2011, 2:23 pm

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Leise Rieselt der Schnee and Sussex Carol are great!

aravis · Post by **aravis** » December 15th, 2011, 2:25 pm

We Three Kings of Orient Are is great! Your slight misreading of the music was fun!

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » December 15th, 2011, 2:46 pm

I managed to get a couple done:

On Christmas Night, traditional Gloucestershire carol, arranged by Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924)
URL for proof-listening: http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfolkcarol00shar#page/n41/mode/2up
Main URL: http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolkcarol00shar
Upload URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/onchristmasnight_sharp_rg.mp3
Duration: 1:52

Come All You Worthy Gentlemen, traditional Somerset carol, arranged by Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924)
URL for proof-listening: http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfolkcarol00shar#page/n43/mode/2up
Main URL: http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolkcarol00shar
Upload URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/rg/comeallyouworthy_sharp_rg.mp3
Duration: 1:56

Thank you, Aravis, for all your proof-listening! And did I say thank you to Laurie Anne for taking care of things? I hope I did - if not, a very big thank you.

Ruth

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » December 15th, 2011, 2:51 pm

Paul, your breathing sounds perfectly natural to me. It would probably sound supernatural if we couldn't hear you breathe at all.

Ruth

aravis · Post by **aravis** » December 15th, 2011, 3:34 pm

Downloading!